A Very Neat Monster...

Now I already posted something about my favorite sitcom ever but what about my favorite serie ever in general. That means if you enclude drama, sci-fi, thrillers, etc.
And that preticular choise wasn't too hard to make, I immediatly knew that show was Dexter.
A simply brilliant show with a very smart and humorous script based on the Jeff Lindsay's novel 'Darkly dreaming Dexter'.
I would highly recommend not watching this one with the subtitles on because Dexter has a much larger effect when you watch every second of an episode. This is mostly due to the very subtle changes in Dexter's (Michael C. Hall) facial expressions and other small details. Also, quit often Dexter talks about some philosophical issues that he's dealing with and these monologues are often poorly translated so it loses it's value along with the fact that Dexter's extremely deep voice also gives a dramatic effect to the lines and this again loses some of it's value in the subtitles. But i'm getting carried away so let's get into the plot.

The plot: Dexter is a blood splatter analist at the Miami metro forensics departement who loves his job because...there's a lot of blood involved. Now why is Dexter always so enthusiastic about blood?
Because he's a serial killer (cue dramatic pampampaaaam music). But not a regular every day serial killer. you see, Dexter is one of the good guys. Because when he was just a little boy, no more then   two years old, he's mother was murdered and chopped into peaces in front of him and he was adopted by the lead investigator of the case named Harry Morgan ( James Remar).
It didn't take much time before Harry realised that Dexter was a complete psycho because of the trauma, but one with a good hart. So he started teaching him 'the code'.
This code is supposed to keep Dexter in line, make sure he always does the right thing and most importantly of all...preventing him from getting caught!
The code also prevents Dexter from killing innocent people. Only other murderers and only if he's absolutely sure of his victim's crimes.
Now the fact that he works at the homicide department as a blood splatter analist has some advantages like easy access to names of murderers who were never convicted, or keeping up to date on his own killings to see if a body has been discovered, etc.
One of the reasons that dexter never get's caught, aside from the code, is the fact that he looks like a regular family man. He has a girlfriend, who later on becomes his wive, Rita (Julia Benz) with two children from her previous marriage and he seems to be really good with the kids. But that's all an act of course. He really cares for all of them but the way he talks, the way he walks, everything he does is well thought out in advance and acted out so that he would seem normal.
One of the things that makes this show so interesting are Dexter's monologues. You can hear his thoughts all the time and this has a very amusing effect.


Now every season has it's own storyline. Often it's about another serial killer he's chasing and trying to murder but due to complications the other serial killer keeps getting away and the chase continues.
This may sound like it get's boring after a while but you can trust me when i say that it absolutly doesn't. Every situation is so original and unique that it's never get's old.


Here the intro of the show which shows Dexter's morning routine.

The verdict: I can't say too much about this show without spoiling it so I'm gonna stop right here and rate it.
So hereby Dexter get's an 9.4/10 from me!!